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Legislatures & Social Media
Gene Rose
NCSL Communications Director
October 2009
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“We’re changing the way we do business.”
Number of reporters covering state legislatures down more than 30% over last 10 years
Public disconnect creates opportunities for legislatures and legislators
Requires attention on how public gets information
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The Changing News Landscape
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Source: The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 2008
How Consumers Get News
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Social Media ResearchMore than four in five US online adults
use social media at least once a month
Half of those adults participate in social networks, such as Facebook
Most rapid growth currently are consumers 35 and older
Forrester ResearchDenver Post
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Social Media Research
"Member communities" (social networks, blogs, etc.) are more popular than email
Nielsen Online
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NCSL & Social Media
Blog: The Thicket
Twitter: NCSLCOMM
Ning
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Legislatures using blogs, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube
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Chambers & Social Media
Blogs (26)
Facebook (29)
Twitter (33)
YouTube (16)
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http://tweetcongress.org/
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Other Components
Communications Plan
Finding the Time
Laws & Policies
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Laws and PoliciesCheck Policies for:
Using Social Media on Government Web Sites
Editing Comments if Government Site
Freedom of Information Laws
Open Meetings Laws
Find out more--www.ncsl.org (GO 18215 in search box)
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Legislatures & Social Media
Gene Rose
NCSL Communications Director
October 2009
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Top 7 Social Media Things to Try
1-Join social media networking site
2-Tweet
3-Text message news
4-Blog
5-Post online video / podcast
6-Use RSS to get your news
7-Post photo album
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